Hello Ellis: My apologies; there may have been another Andrew Dietle or Diehl family in the Cove - Accident area. We had rain here all day yesterday, and having nothing better to do, I spent the day checking on this. Some of the old Bowsers in the area married into both the Diehl and Dietle families, and I've long considered them to be separate families, not related, but now I realize I may be wrong. I checked my data for a married Julia, Juliann (Unknown) born ca 1856 and Magdalena, Lena, (Unknown) born ca 1851. I found no near matches for those dates. I'll include below what I found yesterday, but I'm sure you've already covered that ground long ago. Good luck. You have a tough nut to crack here. Wish I could have been more help. Sam --------------------------------- 1850 Federal census, MD, Allegany County, District 2, Page 40 or 20B, SK Image 20B, taken July 23, 1850. Probably the Selbysport-Blooming Rose area. Dwelling 267 Family 270 "Andrew Deihl", WM age 44 (1806), Laborer, $300 Real Estate, born in Germany. "Mary", WF age 40 (1810), born in Germany. "Mary", WF age 8 (1842), born in MD, attended school. "Catharine", WF age 3 (1847), born in MD. ("Andrew Deale" is on page 19B. "Martin Deal" is on page 20A) ............... 1860 Federal census, Maryland, Allegany County, Election District 3, Grantsville Post Office, Page 205 SK Image 562, taken Oct. 12, 1860. Dwelling 1529 Family 1454 "Andrew (Andreu?) Diecrhil", WM age 48 (1812), Farmer, no Real Estate, $116 Personal, born in Germany. "Catharine", WF age 50 (1810), born in Germany. "Do"; "Ditto"?, (meaning same name, "Catharine", as above?), age 17 (1843), born in Germany. "Lena", WF age 15 (1845), born in MD. Neighbors- John Schmidt, 35. Wm., 48 & Benj., 22; DeHaven. Henry Durst, 59. Henry 53 & Charles, 23 Varner. Daniel Peck, 53. ANDREW DIECRHIL, 48. John 29 & Sylvanus 53, Butler. Joel Wyland, 35. Uriah Mangus, 29. John Woods, 55. Levi Conner, 48. * Worth noting- Daughter Catharine (b. 1843) was born in Germany; Daughter "Lena" (Magdalena?) (b. ca 1845) was born in MD; so Andrew and Catharine may have immigrated about 1843 - 1845. -SJB 09/2006 .......... 1870 Federal Census, Maryland, Allegany County, District 3, Grantsville Post Office, Ancestry.com Image 16 of 45 for District 3 taken Aug. 17, 1870. Dwelling 103 Family 104 "Diehdal, Andreu", WM age 65 (1805), Farmer, no Real Estate, $325 Personal, born Hesse Darmstadt, both Parents of Foreign Birth. "Mary", WF age 63 (1807), Keeps House, born Hesse Darmstadt, both Parents Foreign born. "Catharine", WF age 21 (1849), born in MD, both Parents Foreign born. "Mary", WF age 16 (1854), born in MD, both Parents Foreign born. "Julia", WF age 14 (1856), born in MD, both Parents Foreign born. Other Households- Same Page- -Frederick Otto, 34 (1836)-; John Durst, 48 (1822); Stephen Koontz, 29 (1841); Isaac Swauger, 27 (1843); ANDREW DIEHDAL, 65; Previous Page- Henry Crow, 54; Arch Warnick, 28; John Bancord, 40; NEXT Page- Jonas Beachy, 39; -Andrew Blocher-, 51; Samuel Durst, 41; Henry Wetzgall, 61; George Layman, 59; Michael Spiker, 59. ............ Maryland Land Records, Allegany County, Deed Book 5, Page 116. Deed recorded June 25, 1849- Andrew DITCHEL bought from David and Samuel B. CLAGGETT of Washington County, MD for $219; 73 acres. Maryland Land Records, Allegany County, Deed Book 5, Page 117. Deed recorded June 25, 1849- Andrew DEIGHTLE and Mary his wife sold to John KNOP 15 acres for $50.50. Part of the same land DIEGHTLE (both spellings are used). "In German" is noted at the end of the document where the Dieghtles names appear. Maryland Land Records, Allegany County, Deed Book 5, Page 116. Deed recorded June 25, 1849- Andrew DEICHTLE and wife Mary sold to Peter and Margaret FREY for $78.00; 8 acres, part of the same land they had bought from the Claggetts. * A PETER FREY age 38 and wife Ci(r)ete(?) was counted immediately after Andrew and wife Matilda (SHULTZ) "DEALE". Book 8 Page 690, June 25 1852- Andrew DITCHELL and wife Mary sold to Mathias EVERLINE 50 acres for $500. So all 73 acres Andrew and Mary had bought in 1849 were sold by 1852. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellis L. and Carole G. Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 3:02 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] PLEASE help find two missing Great-Grandaunt’s Hi list researchers, Can anyone PLEASE help me find two missing Great-Grandaunt’s. Their names are Magdalena “Lena“, born abt. 1851, in Grantsville, Allegany Co (now Garrett Co) MD, and her sister Julianne “Julia“, born abt. 1856, also in Grantsville. Prior to Grantsville, the family lived in Selbysport, later Accident, the Cove area. The girls parents are Johann Andreas "Andrew" and Maria Katharina "Mary". The family surname is variations on the following, depending on what document or records are being looked at: (Deetle, Deichel(le), Deichtel, Deightle, Deicle, Deitel(le), Deitchel, Dieddle, Diegel, Dieghtle, Dietel(le), Diettle, Dietzel) There has also been some records where the family has been intermingled with the surname variations: (Deahl, Deal, Deale, Deihl, Dichl, Diehl) If you have any variation of the above surname that may fit, I would be grateful for any help. Thank you. 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Sam, yes we know. The intermingling of the lines, and distinguishing them, one from the other, has not been as difficult as the variety of spellings. Spelling, depending on the dialect (a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language) used and/or heard, perceived, apprehended and comprehended. In the time period in question, the family neither spoke, read or wrote English. The variety of dialects within the area many times conflicted with one another. Even within Bavaria there are several dialects, not just one or a common one. Andrew is a brother of Johann Adam "John" I, who settled in Greenville. Johann Adam "John" I, sons, Johann Adam "John" II, and Johann Nikölaus "Nicholas" both had family who also emigrated into Allegany and Garrett Counties. All three families were heavy into the BOWSER, et al families in the Cove/Accident, Friendsville/Selbysport, Grantsville, Bittinger and surrounding area. Ellis and Carole Miller _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009